Kentucky’s hills are still lawless and ungovernable, Outsiders is pleased to report

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Tuesday, January 26. All times are Eastern.
Top pick
Outsiders (WGN, 9 p.m.): If the last several years of Elmore Leonard-based television has taught us anything, it’s that rural Kentucky is a terrifying, anarchic place, the kind of place only a fool would dare venture into. Well, WGN’s latest takes that idea and runs with it in a big way, presenting an entire clan of isolated, ATV-riding outlaws in Appalachia and their ruthless efforts to preserve their off-the-grid existence. As Dennis Perkins explains in his pre-air review, it’s all a little ridiculous, yet the excellent’s cast’s performances make the whole thing feel far more real and compelling than you might expect.
Also noted: Big Returns Edition
The Flash (The CW, 8 p.m.): Last week’s episode teased the apparent return of the non-Harrison-Wells-looking version of Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash. Which may or may not be impossible, given how last season ended with erasing Thawne’s entire ancestry from existence, but then maybe that just makes him a temporal free agent, unbound by our petty rules of time or cause and effect. He’s more powerful than ever! Scott Von Doviak wonders whether Thawne’s return is finally going to get Team Flash to recognize that it wasn’t actually Harrison Wells who murdered Barry’s mom, because it feels like there’s still confusion on that point.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox, 9 p.m.): Craig Robinson returns for the latest chapter in the Pontiac Bandit saga, as Jake and Amy encounter Doug Judy on their big cruise vacation that Jake really, definitely can’t afford. Also, Rosa is busy fighting with Charles for the same apartment, meaning she won’t be around for Doug to declare his undying love for her. LaToya Ferguson will just try to cope as best she can.
Marvel’s Agent Carter (ABC, 9 p.m.): Howard Stark shows up for the first time this season as Peggy continues to investigate Zero Matter. While we’re happy with Agent Carter’s work in the late 1940s, we kind of hope the show eventually goes on a massive flash-forward, just so that we can see the show desperately attempt to pull off turning young Howard Stark actor Dominic Cooper into old Howard Stark actor John Slattery. Oliver Sava bets it would make Looper’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Bruce Willis transition look downright graceful by comparison.
Regular coverage
New Girl (Fox, 8 p.m.)
Grandfathered (Fox, 8:30 p.m.)
The Grinder (Fox, 9:30 p.m.)
The Shannara Chronicles (MTV, 10 p.m.)
Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce (Bravo, 10 p.m.)
Hey, look, we didn’t forget about The Expanse!
The Expanse (Syfy, 10 p.m.): This now brings the number of consecutive weeks we didn’t forget about The Expanse to … two. Two weeks in a row of not forgetting The Expanse is airing. This also now brings the number of consecutive weeks we remembered to actually tell you anything about tonight’s episode of The Expanse to … one. So then:
The Rocinante crew come across a derelict vessel that holds a potentially devastating secret; a horrifying discovery is made after Holden finally crosses paths with Miller in Eros; and Avasarala receives some crushing news back on Earth.
And that’s what’s happening on The Expanse tonight. Zack Handlen just sits in awe of our journalistic acumen.